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Suns scorch Blazers to take series lead

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04/27/2010 - Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Channing Frye and Jared Dudley had big games off the bench with 20 and 19 points, respectively, and the Suns ran past the Portland Trail Blazers, 107-88, in a pivotal Game 5 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series.

Steve Nash scored 11 of his 14 points during the third quarter and also had 10 assists for Phoenix, which grabbed a 3-2 lead and can close out the series Thursday in Portland. Amare Stoudemire chipped in 19 points in the win.

"When the game is open court we can use our quickness and our athleticism," Suns coach Alvin Gentry said. "They're so long and so big. (Marcus) Camby and those guys just suck up everything on the boards when you're in a stagnant type of offense. We just tried to open up the floor."

Andre Miller totaled 21 points, while Jerryd Bayless and LaMarcus Aldridge each scored 17 for the Blazers, who wasted an early 14-point lead.

Brandon Roy, playing in his second game since undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, was limited to five points. On Saturday, Roy scored five of his 10 points in the final quarter of Portland's 96-87 victory. He was in the starting lineup Monday, but picked up three fouls in the first half.

"He got some quick fouls," Blazers coach Nate McMillan said. "Sometimes you can't just get into a rhythm when you're in foul trouble like that."

Miller scored 10 in the first quarter, and the Blazers hit first scoring the game's first nine points, and going ahead 18-4 following a Camby put-back jam less than five minutes into the game.

As good as the Blazers were in the opening half of the first period, the Suns were even better in the latter stages of the quarter. Phoenix scored 12 in a row to tie the game at 25. It started with a technical free throw for Nash. Stoudemire jammed and Dudley sank a three-point shot.

Jason Richardson capped the burst with a pair of free throws, but Portland took a 28-27 lead going to the second.

Dante Cunningham's dunk tied the game at 36, but the Suns went ahead for good on the next possession on Frye's hook shot with 8:20 left in the half. Dudley's three-ball widened the lead to 57-47 at the half.

It became a blowout in the third, thanks in part to Phoenix's 11-of-12 effort from the foul line in the period. Portland was within 69-61 with 4:14 left, but Frye hit a big three-pointer as part of a giant push. It ended on Richardson's dunk for an 82-65 lead with 1:11 left.

Ahead 84-66 going to the fourth, play got a bit physical. Portland's Martell Webster exchanged words with Leandro Barbosa after landing hard to the floor on a hard foul early in the final quarter. The Suns were up by as many as 27 in that last quarter.

Game Notes

Earlier Monday, Suns forward Grant Hill was named the 2009-10 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner. Hill became the first three-time winner in the award's history, as he was also the recipient in 2004-05 and 2007-08...Phoenix went 29-of-32 at the foul line...The Suns were 10-of-27 from long distance, including 5-of-9 from Dudley...Richardson had 13 points and Cunningham 11.

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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.

Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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